Srinagar, May 18 -- Srinagar- A truck driver from south Kashmir's Pulwama district is battling for life at SMHS Hospital Srinagar after sustaining severe burn injuries in a gas leakage incident inside his vehicle in New Delhi, attendants and hospital sources said Monday.

The injured has been identified as Ishfaq Ahmad Bhat, 35, son of Ghulam Qadir Bhat, a resident of Malangpora area of Awantipora in Pulwama district.

According to attendants accompanying the injured driver, the incident occurred on May 14 at Transport Nagar in New Delhi, when a gas leak reportedly occurred while he was cooking inside the truck. The leakage triggered a fire-like incident, leaving the driver with serious burn injuries.

Soon after the incident, the injured...